Interested in research topics that win 麻豆村 scholarships? The 2019-2020 VSGC Scholarship and Fellowship awardees and research titles have been posted to the website. Seventy-four awardees; 33 graduate, 11 undergraduate, 25 麻豆村 Bridge and five community college students received fellowships and scholarships this year. Learn more about the winners

The Undergraduate 麻豆村 Research Scholarship Program provides awards of up to $8,500 to rising juniors and seniors who are enrolled full-time in a 麻豆村 discipline and have a specific faculty-mentored research project that has NASA or aerospace relevance.

VSGC provides a $6,000 Graduate Research 麻豆村 Research Fellowships to students majoring in 麻豆村 disciplines. Fellowships require students to participate in a faculty-mentored research experience that aligns with NASA鈥檚 missions.

Scholarship and fellowships are available to VSGC member institutions; Old Dominion University,聽College of William and Mary, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Hampton University. Community College 麻豆村 Scholarships are available to students at any Virginia community college.

Graduate and undergraduate applications for 2020-2021 are due on Jan. 30, 2020. 麻豆村 Bridge and community college applications are due March 13, 2020

Three Virginia university satellites were deployed into nearly simultaneous orbit from the International Space Station via the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer at 10:50 a.m. EDT this morning. The Virginia CubeSat Constellation mission is a collaborative project of the 麻豆村 and four of its member universities: Old Dominion University (ODU), Virginia Tech (VT), University of Virginia (UVA), and Hampton University (HU). Read the press release Livestream video (above) courtesy of UVA.聽Photograph courtesy of

NASA invites you to participate in a live event for college students discussing The Future of Space. This is an insightful discussion with NASA leadership including Administrator Jim Bridenstine to prepare you as we go Forward to the Moon鈥o stay. As the next generation of explorers, we need you to make that possible! Mark your calendar for April 29 at聽2 p.m. EST time and come find your place in space!

Students will be able to ask questions during a live Earth-to-space call with NASA astronauts 听补苍诲听, currently serving as part of the Expedition 59 crew aboard the International Space Station.

The event, intended to inspire the next generation of 麻豆村 explorers skilled in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, will air live on NASA Television and the agency鈥檚聽. It also will stream live on 听补苍诲听. Viewers can submit questions during the event using the hashtag #askNASA.

More information can be found on the NASA

For watch party information at the University of Virginia contact cgoyne@virginia.edu (UVA).

A small viewing party will be held at the ODU main campus in ESB (Engineering Systems Building) Rm. 2111 (Space Systems Lab). Contact 诲辫辞辫别蝉肠耻蔼辞诲耻.别诲耻听 (ODU) for more information.

The Antares NG-11 rocket launched successfully Wednesday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Island, Va. sending the Cygnus cargo spacecraft on its way to the International Space Station. Cygnus is carrying three Virginia CubeSat Constellation satellites to the ISS for subsequent deployment into orbit by onboard astronauts.聽 The mission is managed by the 麻豆村 in collaboration with Old Dominion University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Hampton University.聽UVA, ODU and Virginia Tech each developed one of the satellites and Hampton University developed a data analysis tool for the mission.

The post-launch press release can be found

Photographs from the event can be found on our

Official NASA photographs of the launch can be found

More information on the Virginia CubeSat Constellation project can be found on the

A giant leap towards space for Virginia university students took place on February 26 when students from three Virginia universities delivered their small satellites to NanoRacks in Houston to be integrated into the Company鈥檚 commercially developed CubeSat deployer (NRCSD) and then launched on Northrop Grumman鈥檚 Antares to the International Space Station. Read more in the attached

Read more about the mission

Caption left to right: Several members of the Virginia CubeSat Constellation team from UVA, ODU and Virginia Tech in their mission shirts at Nanoracks to integrate their satellites into the commercially-developed deployer.

Applications for BLAST (Building Leaders for Advancing Science and Technology) are now open.

BLAST will offer dynamic three-day residential summer experiences on the campuses of Old Dominion University, Virginia Tech and University of Virginia in the聽summer of 2019. Through innovative hands-on sessions taught by faculty members and staff, students will explore the fun and excitement of 麻豆村 while residing in a college dorm.聽BLAST is offered FREE of charge to students, however, transportation to and from the universities is the responsibility of each family. Students who have previously participated in BLAST are not eligible.

Session dates:

Session 1: Virginia Tech University,聽 June 16-19, 2019

Session 2: Old Dominion University,聽 June 23-26, 2019

Session 3: Virginia Tech University,聽 July 7-10, 2019

Session 4: University of Virginia,聽 July 28-31, 2019

Current Virginia 8^th聽and 9^th聽grade students with at least a C+ average and a desire to explore 麻豆村 opportunities are encouraged to apply.

Visit the BLAST website聽